Best Footballer in Asia 2016

The 2016 Best Footballer in Asia, given to the best football player in Asia as judged by a panel of 38 sports journalists, was awarded to Shinji Okazaki on Dec 26th, 2016.

Voting

The prize witnessed the first significant enlargement of the panel of jurors since its birth. There were 38 jurors in the panel. 33 jurors were from different AFC nations/regions including Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Cambodia, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Korea Republic, Kuwait, Lebanon, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arabic Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. Five jurors were invited from non-AFC media outlets.[1]

Ranking

Rank Name Club Points
1 Japan Shinji Okazaki Japan Leicester City 126
2 United Arab Emirates Omar Abdulrahman United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 123
3 South Korea Son Heung-min England Tottenham Hotspur 109
4 Iran Sardar Azmoun Russia Rostov 46
5 Brazil Leonardo South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai 34
6 Japan Genki Haraguchi Germany Hertha BSC 30
7 Iraq Hammadi Ahmad Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 16
8 Brazil Paulinho China Guangzhou Evergrande 15
9 Brazil Adriano South Korea FC Seoul 13
10 China Wu Lei China Shanghai SIPG 11
11 South Korea Koo Ja-cheol Germany FC Augsburg 10
12 Japan Hiroshi Kiyotake Germany Hannover 96 / Spain Sevilla 7
13 South Korea Lee Jae-sung South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai 6
14 Brazil Romarinho Qatar El Jaish 5
15 Thailand Chanathip Songkrasin Thailand Muangthong United 5
Australia Tom Rogic Scotland Celtic 5
17 United Arab Emirates Ahmed Khalil United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli 4
18 Australia Aaron Mooy Australia Melbourne City / England Huddersfield Town 2
19 Uzbekistan Sharof Rashidov Qatar El Jaish 2
20 South Korea Kwon Sun-Tae South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai 1

References

  1. ↑ "2016 Best Footballer in Asia: Shinji Okazaji won the trophy by edging past Omar Abdulrahman for three points (in Chinese) 冈崎慎司摘2016亚洲金球奖 3分优势险胜奥马尔". Tencent Sports. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
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